Saudi Arabia lobbies for compensation for lost oil revenues: the Green Revolution is being unfair to OPEC. (From the New York Times)

The countries of OPEC, especially Saudi Arabia, have consistently pushed for compensation and consideration for their plight in climate change talks. Recent signs have shown they plan to make a concerted effort for these benefits at the upcoming Copenhagen round of climate change talks. Despite billions of dollars in revenue and a tiny population, Saudi Arabia (and other OPEC countries) feels that so called "green technology" has been an unfair competitor for their energy markets. Your thoughts?

Nothing short of absurd! And let's be honest, we all know where any "compensation" is going: right into the pocket of some absurdly wealthy and morally bankrupt "prince." One penny of compensation is one penny too much for these greedy and inhumane middle eastern oil tyrannies.

Aquanerd saidEither through "Green Energy" Advances or using existing "home grown" oil resources, the quicker we make the Middle East Specifically and OPEC in general insignificant, the better for world stability.

tahoejock saidNothing short of absurd! And let's be honest, we all know where any "compensation" is going: right into the pocket of some absurdly wealthy and morally bankrupt "prince." One penny of compensation is one penny too much for these greedy and inhumane middle eastern oil tyrannies.

No less absurd than "green credits" that Algore is perpetrating. So anything is possible.

So countries, many of which do not seem to like us very much, that take a lot of our money selling us a product, want to take a lot of our money for not selling us a product? We really need to free ourselves from dependency on the Middle East, Northern Africa, and Venezuela. When our government critcizes countries for their record on human rights, why is Saudi Arabia rarely included?

heartrobb saidSo countries, many of which do not seem to like us very much, that take a lot of our money selling us a product, want to take a lot of our money for not selling us a product? We really need to free ourselves from dependency on the Middle East, Northern Africa, and Venezuela. When our government critcizes countries for their record on human rights, why is Saudi Arabia rarely included?

This far into a political thread and the debate has not become bitter and vicous like so many forums here on RJ. It often seems today that this country is so divided on issues. If RJ is somewhat representative of the views in our country, maybe Saudi Arabia and OPEC have introduced such a fucked up idea that they have given us an issue that brings most of us into agreement.